Cohort IX Fellows reflect on the year and share their thoughts on gratitude.

This year, multiple Fellows stood in the front of the room across all of the Hawaiʻi Leadership Forum’s activities. 

Life has recently been full of transitions for Omidyar Fellow Stephany Nihipali Vaioleti. Since October 2023, Stephany has been the president of Queen’s North Hawai‘i Community Hospital on Hawai‘i Island.

We asked Fellows about their leadership transition experiences. Here’s what they had to share.

As the youngest of six children growing up in Nu‘uanu, Rich Matsuda was born into a position of being a listener. He believes that’s one of the things that influences the way he approaches leadership today as the director of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea.

Mark Noguchi reflects on a recent Omidyar Fellows excursion aboard the Hōkūleʻa to hear Pwo navigator Nainoa Thompson share about leadership.